BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – On January 5 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission began its ten-day-long blue crab trap closure. This closure gives groups, authorized by the FWC, time to ...

Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in all waters of the St. Johns River system must be removed from the water before Jan. 16, the first day of a 10-day trap closure, the FWC said in a news ...

Abandoned “ghost traps” scattered in South Florida’s coastal waters keep doing their lethal work, sometimes for years, ensnaring and often killing lobsters, stone crabs and other marine life. Crews of ...

North Carolina's blue crab population has been declining for over a decade, prompting regulators to consider new restrictions. Proposed restrictions include seasonal closures and catch limits, ...